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Genetic disorders
Genetic diseases, syndromes, or conditions caused by genetic variations and abnormalities in genes or chromosomes.
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dopamine
Health care; Genetic disorders
One of the catecholamine neurotransmitters in the brain; it is derived from tyrosine and is the precursor to norepinephrine and epinephrine; dopamine is a major transmitter in the extrapyramidal ...
gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
Health care; Genetic disorders
The most common inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system.
mismatch repair mechanism
Health care; Genetic disorders
The DNA 'proof-reading' system controlled by certain genes that identifies, excises, and corrects errors in the pairing of the bases during DNA replication. Mutations in the genes responsible for ...
lewy bodies
Health care; Genetic disorders
Filamentous cytoplasmic inclusions of unknown pathogenesis in some brain areas; found in association with several disabling and dementing neurodegenerative disorders.
superoxide anion
Health care; Genetic disorders
Highly reactive compounds produced when oxygen is reduced by a single electron. In biological systems, they may be generated during the normal catalytic function of a number of enzymes and during the ...
DNA repair
Health care; Genetic disorders
The reconstruction of a continuous two-stranded DNA molecule without mismatch from a molecule which contained damaged regions. The major repair mechanisms are excision repair, in which defective ...
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